Recording Tips

Raising one vocal subject at 3 kHz can add clarity to that vocal to help it move to the front. You can lower the background vocals at that range to make them fall back. You can boost or raise eq or both but be selective.

Presence to vocal is at 4-5 kHz

Vocal sounds such as ‘m’, ‘b’, ‘v’ can get lost if 2-4 kHz are boosted too high.

Don’t over boost at 1-4 kHz. It can strain the ear.

Control sibilance at the 5-16 kHz range.

Sibilance and brightness may be found at the 6 kHz range. Open up the sound or reduce sibilance.

Add power to a vocal around 80 but start looking at 60-125. Too much of this area can also make things sound muddy.

Speech fundamentals occur between about 125 and 250 Hz. This is where you can add warmth. If you are looking for a powerful vocal don’t add much here and boost around 80. The character of the voice is 300-1 kHz

While modern synthesizers and midi keyboards can be connected via USB, the standard way of connecting most keyboard and synthesizers is via MIDI. The acronym M.I.D.I stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. To setup your synthesizer to communicate with your Sequencer Continue reading →